The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἀμβλύς“blunt, dull”
- English todayamblygonite
From Ancient Greek ἀμβλύς (amblús, “blunt, dull”) + γωνία (gōnía, “angle, corner”) + -ite. By surface analysis, ambly- + -gon + -ite.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekἀμβλύς all →
amblygnathousamblygon
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.